Yoko L. Dupont

TL;DR: If these key species go extinct, modules and networks may break apart and initiate cascades of extinction, Thus, species serving as hubs and connectors should receive high conservation priorities.

TL;DR: Spatial and ecological networks need to be combined to explore the effects of dispersal, colonisation, extinction and habitat fragmentation on network structure and coevolutionary dynamics and embed network approaches more explicitly within applied ecology in general.

TL;DR: Ecological networks are complexes of interacting species, but not all potential links among species are realized, and increasing phenophase overlap between species increased link probability, but extensive overlaps were required to achieve a high probability.

TL;DR: Investigation of species composition and interaction structure of the sub-alpine plant-flower-visitor network of Tenerife, Canary Islands found specialized, locally rare plants tend to be visited by generalized, locally abundant animals, and specialized, local rare animals tend to utilize generalized, local abundant food plants.

TL;DR: It is concluded that pollination networks are highly dynamic and variable in composition of species and interactions among years, however, general patterns of network structure remain constant, indicating that species may be replaced by topologically similar species.